Comments on: Still Life with Woodpecker, Tom Robbins

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:28:38 +0000

In reply to Schatzi.

My sister loooooves him. She goes on and on. I just – blech, I’m with you, it’s not the kind of funny I like.

By: Schatzi

Schatzi — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:06:59 +0000

I loved Tom Robbins from about age eleven till sophomore year of high school, and I read them allllllllll, but now he just leaves me cold. I don’t think any of it’s particularly funny or thought-provoking or whimsical–at least, only in very irritating ways. Kind of like lo-fi indie pop.

Jitterbug Perfume is the sole exception; it was the first one I read, and I still kind of like it.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:09:07 +0000

I dont actually find him all that funny, but i do think he and this book are brilliant. It is the crazy ideas that are backed up with tremendously interesting ‘evidence’, whilst all being tongue in cheek and behind it all a prevailing depth and intelligence. But i doubt i ever laughed out loud reading him, not like you would with ‘catch 22’ for example, a book that i’m sure inspired tom robbins at some point.